Following inspections of the storage facilities for pesticides of Spanish origin on the estates operated by Mr. Escalier and Mr. Bonnarel, DRAF initiated criminal proceedings. On June 15, 2005, the Court of Carcassonne found Mr. Escalier and Mr. Bonnarel guilty of the offenses of possession with a view to use of these products not benefiting from a marketing authorization and sentenced them to a suspended fine of € 1,500. Mr. Escalier and Mr. Bonnarel appealed these judgments to the Montpellier Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal decided on May 24, 2006 to stay the proceedings and to refer the following questions to the Court of Justice: Where a Member State makes the importation of a plant protection product from another Member State in which the product already benefits from a marketing authorisation granted in accordance with Directive 91/414 subject to a simplified marketing authorisation procedure, is that Member State entitled to rely on that simplified authorisation procedure against an operator where the importer is a farmer who imports the product solely for the needs of his agricultural holding? If the answer to this first question is negative, can the Commission/France judgment on personal imports of medicinal products by individuals be transposed to the case of plant protection products imported by farmers for the sole purpose of their farms? On November 8, 2007, CJEU ruled that a Member State may make the parallel import of a plant protection product from another Member State in which it already has such an authorization subject to a simplified marketing authorization procedure, where the import is made by a farmer for the sole purpose of his farm, the marketing authorization thus granted being specific to each operator. This authorization cannot be made conditional on the imported product being designated by the operator's own brand name when the latter is a farmer who is importing in parallel solely for the needs of his own farm.